it’s summertime

now that i’m pretty sure my life is really, really done falling apart, it’s time to get back on the horse and look for more cliffs.

just kidding.

but i gained back some weight that i thought i’d lost, and now i must commit to lose it again. so off to the local rec center (i can walk there!) and enough of dessert (i get dessert two nights a week, now) and i’m not really going to diet, but i am going to be careful (healthy snacks, limited portions, no fast food, yadda yadda).

ok, make way for healthy(er) cate!

and now that work is still horribly busy but not like it was a week ago, it’s also time to muster up that self-confidence and start making and pitching my wares. that rebate money is going for supplies, and enough goofing off- i’ve gotta knuckle down and produce the product. and then tell everybody and her mother about it.

make way for creative-business cate!

and enough of this living like a slob! i haven't done laundry in like, two weeks, but that’s all ending right now. trash is going out and the same with recycling; the vacuum’s gonna be working on a regular basis, and there’s no more excuses for the kitchen floor now that i’ve got a mop.

make way for homemaker cate!

hrmmm... it’s going to be a very busy summer. i better get some wii time in tonight while i still can.

awwwwww

i saw a chipmunk today! i think he was gonna tell me he lurvs me but then he got shy and ran away. just like all cuties.

A theory on my allergy to salmon

postulate that nature dislikes cannibalism.

i am always swimming upstream in society.*



*footnote: not always by choice.

Monkeys in DC

How it should be, Mandarin Princesses and all.

drinking - ur doin it rong

i usually don’t blame kids for most of their ridiculous actions, because hell, being a kid is pretty dang tough sometimes, and you screw up, sometimes in a minor way, sometimes royally. also, many parents don’t seem to be too keen on parenting these days so it really isn’t always the poor kid’s fault.

however, this is just beautiful in its classic, teen-aged stupidity way:

some kids were caught drinking at school (i believe they were high-school freshies). you know right away this is probably a one-off event, because the real bad seeds don’t get caught running a mini-bar in the bathroom, attempting to show their friends how cool they are. they get drunk all on their lonesome *before* school. or vet their invitees a little better.

the best part, though, the most delicious part of this story, is what they were drinking. a mix of VODKA, WINE, TEQUILA, RUM, and fruit juice.

GOOD GOD.

this is one of those cases where the punishment really should have been having to drink the whole bottle, because that just sounds rancid. i bet they'd never drink again.